The Mount Nemrut road: a Commagene route
The classic route from Kâhta to the Nemrut summit: the Karakuş Tumulus with its eagle-topped columns, the Cendere Bridge built in honor of Septimius Severus, Arsameia, the summer capital of Commagene, Kâhta Yeni Kale, and the Antiochus Tumulus on Mount Nemrut, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Estimated duration
- ~6 h 15 min
- Straight-line distance (estimate)
- ~20 km
- Getting around
- By car
- Stops
- 5 stops
Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.
Safety and caution
Route map
Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Stops
- 1
- 2
~7.3 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Bridge
Cendere Bridge (Septimius Severus Bridge)
Kâhta, Adıyaman
~7.28 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 3
~4.2 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Archaeological site
Arsameia Archaeological Site (Eski Kâhta)
Kâhta, Adıyaman
~4.22 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 4
~500 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Castle
Kâhta Yeni Kale
Kâhta, Adıyaman
~0.5 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 5
~8.5 km from the previous stop (straight line)
National park
Mount Nemrut National Park and the Antiochus Tumulus
Kâhta, Adıyaman
~8.49 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
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